Massachusetts regulators approved final permitting on Nov. 12 for the controversial Weymouth Compressor Station for the $452-million Atlantic Bridge pipeline project that would extend from New England to Canada.

A spokesman for Enbridge, which will own the Atlantic Bridge pipeline, says the proposed 7,700-hp compressor station is required to help serve the needs of the Atlantic Bridge project customers located generally north of Weymouth, including local gas utilities in Maine and Canada. The project also includes 6.3 miles of new pipeline in New York and Connecticut.